CVE-2016-2561

5.4 MEDIUM
Published: March 01, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.5 and 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) normalization.php or (2) js/normalization.js in the database normalization page, (3) templates/database/structure/sortable_header.phtml in the database structure page, or (4) the pos parameter to db_central_columns.php in the central columns page.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00018.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00020.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/37c34d089aa19f30d11203bb0c7f85b486424372
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/746240bd13b62b5956fc34389cfbdc09e1e67775
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/983faa94f161df3623ecd371d3696a1b3f91c15f
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/bcd4ce8cba1272fca52f2331c08f2e3ac19cbbef
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/cc55f44a4a90147a007dee1aefa1cb529e23798b
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/f33a42f1da9db943a67bda7d29f7dd91957a8e7e
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-12/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00018.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/37c34d089aa19f30d11203bb0c7f85b486424372
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/746240bd13b62b5956fc34389cfbdc09e1e67775
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/983faa94f161df3623ecd371d3696a1b3f91c15f
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/bcd4ce8cba1272fca52f2331c08f2e3ac19cbbef
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/cc55f44a4a90147a007dee1aefa1cb529e23798b
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/f33a42f1da9db943a67bda7d29f7dd91957a8e7e
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-12/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.4 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
67th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

phpmyadmin

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